List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia
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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia.
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
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Ntawere Formation | Anisian | [1] | |
Beaufort Group | Madumabisa Mudstone | Capitanian-Wuchiapingian | [2] |
Ecca Group | Luwumbu Coal | Guadalupian | [3] |
See also
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Botswana
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Malawi
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mozambique
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
- Geology of Zambia
References
- ^ Ntawere Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Madumabisa Mudstone at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Luwumbu Coal at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- K. D. Angielczyk, J. S. Steyer, C. A. Sidor, R. H. H. Smith, R. L. Whatley and S. Tolan. 2014. Permian and Triassic Dicynodont (Therapsida: Anomodontia) Faunas of the Luangwa Basin, Zambia: Taxonomic Update and Implications for Dicynodont Biogeography and Biostratigraphy. In C. F. Kammerer, K. D. Angielczyk and J. Fröbisch (eds.), Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida 93-138
- A. R. Drysdall and J. W. Kitching. 1963. A re-examination of the Karroo [sic] succession and fossil localities of part of the Upper Luangwa Valley. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Northern Rhodesia 1:1-62
- C. E. Gow. 2000. A Captorhinid with Multiple Tooth Rows from the Upper Permian of Zambia. Palaeontologia Africana 36:11-14
- W.S. Lacey. 1974. Some new African Gondwana plants. Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany Special Publication 2:34-41
- M. S. Y. Lee, C. E. Gow, and J. W. Kitching. 1997. Anatomy and relationships of the pareiasaur Pareiasuchus nasicornis from the Upper Permian of Zambia. Palaeontology 40(2):307-335
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of the countries and dependencies of Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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States with limited
recognition
recognition
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland